The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1869, Page 4

4 CONGRESS. Adjournment of Both Houses Till January 10. Sumner’s New Bill for the Reconstrue- tion of Virginia. The Test Oath to be Exacted of Members of the Legislature, THE ALABAMA CLAIMS CORRESPONDENCE @peech of Mir. Washburn on the Postal Telegraph System. FORTY-FIRSI CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Deo. $2, 1860. THB RECESS OF CONGRESS. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate tie House joint resolution for extending recess over the Holidays from 22d instant until January 10. The subject was laid on the table until the expiration of the tiorning hour, when the jolnt resolution was concurrod in by yeas 27, fays 22. The recess thers- fore extendas till Monday, January 10. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. The bill for the payment of certain expenses of New York aud the biil for the temporary appropria- tion of $200,000 to prosecute the work on the Les Moines rapias, Missouri river, were passed, Mr. MORTON, (rep.) of In utroduced a bul to allow the organization of the militia of Georgia, which was referred. Mr. SUMNER, (:ep.) Of Masa, introduced a bill to carry oat the Recoustruction acts in the State of ‘Virginia and te secure equallty before the law, Which be gave notice he would wove as a substitute for the bill reported by the committee. It alleges various irregularitics and defects in the organization of the present Legisiature, aud declares the exisung | State government to be provisious! only and tu all respects subject to the autuority of the United States. ‘The bill directs the Military Commander of the Firat District to assemble within thirty Gays the persons elected as members of the lature, Dut mone shail pariicipaie m ila organization or business without taking the oath of duly 2, 1862, Upon the ratsfcation of the fite h amendment by the Legis) thus organized the State shali be admiited to representation tn Con- gress Upon the iuudamental coaditive Wat the con- Stitution of Virgiuia shad never be amended so as to deprive any cittzea of the mghs to voie, Office, sit upou juries, parc equally in the Scuoo! fund, or vo ebjoy equal persousi riguts wit aii Others under like circumstance Amcadmenis may, however, be wade in regard to the Ume aud piace of residence of vuiers. Mr, WiLLiadis, (rep.) of Oregon, tion, Wich was agreed to, ims.rac tee On Retrenchmeat to inquire inte Of providing Jor tie Classilication Of Lue Clerks in the goverumental depas 413; appolutments tu be mude to tae lowest class ouly, aud p gions 9 be reguiar. Air. WILSON, (rep.) of Masa., instructing the Committee on & sider the ex} n eutenant ger major yenerais ivom five to that bis object w. Ast) erals, Thomas the country were universatly having gained at Gelyysbvurg tue dec. the wi offered resolution litary Affairs to con- number of ne uanber of lie €. f zed, the latter ive battie vi wu Mr, Davis, (dem. of high military ou decreased, Mr. ‘duayver, (tep.) of Neb. Which Was agreed Lo, a to furnish a copy of any opi relative to our national © Nous States, a a necessary to volar Of Slates 1n which sucu ¢ vheir permanent coutinaa ‘ein. ‘The House resolution reiative to the death of George Jeubudy wus concurred ta. . ‘Lhe House resoiuttun reiaug to the erection of an equestrian stulue in bromge ef General Grant was Telerred to the Comuittee on Military IMMIGRATION OF CUOLIE LABOKERS. Mr, WILLiAus moved to reser tbe bill to regulate the imuugratioa of Uninese in the United States to the Commitee on Commerce, He expiained the ob- Ject of the biil Was to prevent, a3 tar as practicabie, the iluportavon of covlies and dissolute C G women {ulo the United Biaies by voiding ali cou- traces for Weir Imporiauon gad promibiting agree. mens by oWoers of Vessels to Lransport persons from China, except With (ne persons Wemselves to be transported. it was the in‘ention to provect the laborers of this country as lar a8 praciicable from the presence of that ciass ol de; Who Were accustomed to sib, of persons, and were cowpel.es to work for wages upon which # free man would starve. He from Caliormia papers extracts deseripsive of scenes of orutaliiy Which reguiariy ovcur uj we arrival from Chua of slips laden ‘With Chinese uainigrauts. This busiLeSs O1 IMporta- tion by coutract Lad iargely mcreased, aud our gov- ergment, be twougit, lad tue power and should ex- ercise it Of provooung Mei agaist Lue Cucroach- ments of the rapidiy jncreasing ude of vice and Gegradation. ibe bill Was only luieuded Ww pre- vent companies ere Irom Cuntinung # Comtract system with owuers of coviles in Culna. Mr. HOWaRD, (rep.) Of Micii., Suid iat a provision to profiibls the Making Of avy coutrace in China lor services Lo be Perloiuicd lu Atuerica, aud the cua- sequent prevention of irce tmimigration of Chinese to the United Stwies, wou! ve ULials bo @ peupic With whow we bad just eautered intoa ireaty of amity and commerce. such couiracia were as bind- ing @8 Buy Oiler contracts, but why suould we Cumese be Excluded frou: the enjoyment of privi- deges open to ail Otuer uations? ue rightof mdi vidual Wpmigrauiou was preserved by tue bill; but he objecicu lo # Wholesale \seriuimation agains the population of Cuins es incompalibie Whu ioe Spirit of the existing treaty. Mr. WILLIAMs said suere wore parties in the United States wuo bad made contracts wita We Chinese houses iu Cluna to import diadreds of Chinese into tals CouLLTY Hs laborers irrespective Of tue Will oO: such persons. If a coutract waa made with ao es- tabdlisuinent in Sau Francisco to brimg to the United States a certain uamber of Chinese, tie anverstaud ing invariably Was that wue inen contractea for Would come, and tab Lhe estalnisument had soe power over wen. u ment to provide a romeuy for or means of arresting the abuse of the covile trade, Whicen was rapidiy ATOWIng, Gud La tis iuere Was Olin InCoMsuient With the teeaty Tegdialious or Spirit aad genius of Our lostiLutivng. Mr. SreWaet, rep.) of Nev., sald tuat many of the Chinese already bere Dad been originaly orougub under labor co 8 trade ju ie Uniied Blaies had wor tious aitained by At iv Other couniies; but cre ad reasou Lor grave suspicions (uae uous ind had been used Lo Inporé Chinese, dud there oug >, he thougut, Boe POLICE Te sUialoua OW Lies police reguidhens of Caforal ‘were laxeu five dollars per he the approviens.on of Our country’s being overran by these people, but cons J jue Laporiacdon, wien Drought vy force, & susceptible Ol reguiativa, MF. COLA, (LER. , Bid De would go Os far as the Senator irom Oregon in exciading, nov ouly from the,ports of California but from aii ocher ports, @ny Clasé of persous Wiose Preseore Was detrinen- tei bo our moral and paysic advancemeat; aud while the worst was true of mauy of thuse Who had been inporteu froia China, there were those among them,disunguisaed for tue inaustry aad euterprise nd Who bad Waters assisied Usb bulidiug our Fallroads in the West. The mouou of A. Willams to refer te bill was then agreeu \o. TH WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, On motion of Mr. HAMLIN, (Kep.) Of Ine, the SeD- ate took Upshe bil to promo aud encourage the International Industria, Dxainition, wo be held la Wasiuingson im boii. Several amendments were adopted, among others Ohe Chauging tho duce OL (ue Exbivicion vo 1872 Mr. STRW AW, in order to determing the sense of the Senate, 1vveu to reser the bill to the Comaittee 00 Lhe Districts OF Coluimow, ite did not ink Waste ingion to be & suitubie place for & world’s jwir, icipally because of tue deuciency of railway facil- of Ky., beuieved that a namber iais Wight without detriment be offered & resolution, the att y General ion deuy won Whether it 13 fine Legisiatuy ie3 are iocatea for 2 duly of the govern: i. Hes, ior Lue dew of inviting the World to Visit Waste ington over & single road was preposwrous, If Washington was over to be made a respectable ctly Ma wugnitude Congress suould speedily legisiate ‘With & View to iat cnd, but at presape the means @aweLLAi 10 Lie Biivcess of a Worlu’s EXposition were mot to be found at tie national capital. Mr, MOKKILL, (cop) of Vt. said vat unless the corporators could Letray ail the expenses of getling up tue proposed €Xbibilion it Would be a baukr upt concern, #ud a large debt would be throwa upon sumovody, Hie di! not beueve that any parties heve or eleewhere Would Subscribe for three millions of dokars of sock With the expectation of profit, unless wey hoped first Lo linvose upon the govern- ment the rea: burden Ol tie wn ieriaxing, He pro- several amendments, amoug overs to make corporators tadividuady iiaove tor debts tneur- At wis time, he said, the South had not bey to recuperate from the effocts of tue war, ani When 60 iniernationsl oxbioitou was dold in NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, our country all the States of te Union shou'd have an opportunity to partignete in it, and 60 make it an occasion of which we may be proud, The ameudmenta proposed, togeiuer with the whoie subject, was then referred to the committee, THB ALABAMA OLAIMS. The Vice President aid before the Senate 9 com- Munication from tie President containing the cor- respondeuce called for by & resolution of the Se uate relating to American c! 8 against Great Brita, On motion of Mr. ‘Trumbull, at two o'clock the Senate went into executive session. After remain- in Executive session about seven hours the dvors were opened and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINTON, Dec. 22, 1869 AMENDMANT OF THE REVENUE LAWS. Mr. STEVENSON (rep.), Of Ohio, presented @ pett- tion of many citizens of Cincinnati for an amend- ment of the revenue laws so a3 Wo permit distillers of grapes, appies and peaches to use drop beer for dis- tillation, setting forth that $1,000,000 of revenue, now lost tothe goverament, might be secured by such a law. BILLS BRFERRED. Bills were, by unanimous consent, introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. We.ker, (rep.) of Ohlo—To abolish {m- prisonment for debs in the District of Columbia, Also to supply artificial limbs to discharged soldiers aud satlors, By Mr. SHELDON, (rep,) of La.—For the better or- ganization of the United States Courts ia Louisiana. By Mr. Boyp, (rep.) of Mo.--Extending the time for the completion of the Atlantic aud Pacific Rail- road. By Mr. WasiBury, (rep.) of Wis.--For the estab. Ushment of a collection district and port of entry at La Crosse, Wis, By Mr. Lawrence, (rep.) of Oblo—Proposing on amendment to the constitution, TMS AOUSK IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr, Iv ERSOLL tn the chair, for general debate. Mr, CULLOM, (rep.) Oi LiL, addressed the comunittee on the subject of the apportionment under the next censis, desiring It to be carried oul 80 4s to apDIY the next Congress, favoring tue imerease of Repre- Seutatives to at least taree Lundred, aud Jaumating tat al no distant day there would be an ame ent of the constivatiog to change tue basis of repre- sentation in the Senate. He thougnt that the whole system Of representation should be revised and that a syste should be devised whereby ail the people, minorities or majorities, should be represented. mr, DAWES, (rep.) of Mass., replied to the argu- ment of Mr, Cullom. He said be had heard with some Bpprenension that taat gentieman not only thougiit it right, but contempiated an atcempt on the partof those wuo might have the power, right or ak up the eriginal constitution of this gover nt, compounded of she Stutes and of the people of the whoe nation, He did not Understand the detinition of his government to be eutirely we roverhnmentorthe people asa mass, He understood | it tw have been an aitempto bring under oue gov- | yt the States aud the pi aud tuat tue Leo- re represented in tuis branch and che States re other branch. The natioa would have had no nce If the seuthnent wick the gentleman ad- ard to the Senate had prevailed in It was @ matier of history that of noth Were the iates 80 Jealous as their Staie existence, that t 9 the conventioa, wht adoptcd tas admirable sysiem of govern- ment, on Me pledge, not only that their State exist- ence should ve recoguized and them eqaant) Senate of the United Stau bas that be protected eguinvt such change as night be suggested hereafter by auy ambitious State 1ous SecUon Of the couutry, aud a8 had beea ested by the genileman from Diluots, only provided for the equality of tne 3 in the other brauci, but each State stipulated tour it never suowd be cuanged Without the consent ofeach of the States. He suomitied to lis friends Who spoke of Amending the consticntion 80 a8 to obliterate that feuture of tue government by which the States were recognized in their svate eupacity in the other branca this clause im tie coustiruiion {article 5), and Wat uo State without 163 conseat It be deprived of its equal sutfrage 1a the Seuate, There Was a soltmn suipulation, @ constituuonal provision, entered into aeuberauvely, and the Hise tory of the Jormation of the constitution dis- closed that om this pomt it waa that te whole success or failure of the conven- tion depended, whether the States should ve preserved in their corporate and Stave capacity beyoud peradveuture of ambitious power i any State that mugnt thereafter develop im the power ox any section, iu eombiuation uuder any power re- served or provided for 1m the consttation of te United states for rts iuture ainendw@eut Tne con- lemphited amen yt Suggested OY the geutieman froin illinois would pe @ breach of the phighred iar Duce that had Come into the Colon uuder sucauou. Phe tesuuoay of Madisoa aua of no bad since written oO Ue constitution Was that without tue provision he had read there dever Would have been & havion Composed as this Lac ds, of States aud esented ta the two bianches, and speck, eb ONS aS Lhe sea.’? Tue lave war had been waged to pus dowa the heresy of Suite sovereigaly. Lec it uot, ie prayed, mark algo the aecay of state rights, THY POSIAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM, Mr. Wasu (rep.) of Wis, made a speech ta favor of Lue guverument undertaking tue Wwieyrapl business of the couutry in conjunction wita te postai service. He criticised the report made last session oy the Post Citice Committee against tue Proposes reiorm aud anslyzed aud contradiciea tue stuvement suvimilied co that committee by Lue West- era Union Feegraph Company, He reierred to me Success of the sysiem in France, Switzertand aud Beiyiudi, dud fo ihe cheapoess Of teiegrabalc mes- Sages in thyse countries. Air, FARNS WOUWPH, (tep.) of IIL, chatrman of the Post Oilloe Cominittee, Buggested Cat tue compari son Was Dot a fair one, us Wwe population of Kelgua Was tour aundred W tie square Lule And thal Oo: the United States tea to tae square mine, Mr. WaSunURN said he would refer to that before he gos througa, THe announced his inveation to asc the tlouse to appoint a select commiutiee to invesii- gale the whole question of te.egraphiug and to deter- mine WHA. LUE cost Would be of connecting Lue tete- grap Witu the postal system: and extending its use- Tuluessa Lo every section of the Union. He was sut- ised that betcer !mes than the Western Union iines could be built by tie government at less than $10,000,000, Iu couclasion he said:—Now, bir. Caair- man, [ Kaow liow dificult lt is for me vo reach the car of the country im what Il may have to say tuat is odverse to the tuterest Ol tie Western Union ‘Telegrapn Company, Shouid there be aay ono dere to speas in Leaall of that monopoly you will find that every word will be instantly Lrausinitted to tue Country oo the wings of ligutuing, as Was (ue lengthy report of the cua. man Of the Committee on Ost Vuices aud Host Roads iast spring. {now demand that the ayens of the Associated ress, WHO is allowed # Seat with the reporwrs on the foor of this house, suall Bay 1a his despatch (o-day shat 1 claua Ww have Buowa cas tie United States is the oniy enlightened nation on tue globe that has nol tumen charge of the telegraph system, und nearly all bave made it an appendage 0 the Post UMico; that a the United Kingdom of Great Brltata aud ireland & despatch of twenty words can be sent at @ uniform rate of one shiimg to any part of the kingduu, & distance vi over sévea Ausared inties; frou one ex- weme of France to another, about six dundred ties, Jor Oue frauc, or twenty ceuts; all over bel- giuin and Switzeriaad ior haf # trang, or tea cents; vehuara, 12g Cents; rusia, Irom 12d, W oi by cenis; SWeden and Norway, agy dissance ior thirty cous Jor & message of twenty Words, aad one Cons for euch additional word that a message may be made ty Coulain; from Marseilled, in tie south of Frauee, Yo tuo gorih of Scotiand, @ distance Of 1,400 iuios, traversing two Kingdoms aad crossing the wits Of Dover by suomaring cave, jor Uity-fve is, Yet in the Jace of these jacts the cnalrman of we Commitee oa rost Ufices and Fost Roads has told (hls douse aud Lae CouAuYy, 10 @ su.ema reports, that (egrapaing 10 bas Country 18 Uae Cheapest aad most reua¥ie lu the World. Yel le could not have faned w know taat If ne decsired to send & despatch Of tweaty Words to Lis home i illinois, aad Was noi favored Witua ‘W. H.’? pass, he would liave to pay $oj for o@imilar message to tie home of the dus. Sourt member O that commities $4 would be charged, tue Michigan member, $250; the New Jersey mowber, $1 25; the Massachusetts member, $145; the indiaaa mewpber, 6450; the Kentucky memper, (he Nevada inember, $9 28, una tue Oregon tiecber, $15 50, or $6 Tv More than it would cost bo sead a message of tea words from Washing: won to Constanlioopie by the Atiautte Cable and Conuaental lines, Say lurtner, Was tae purpose of my bull vo briog the telegrapa within the reach of ihe humbie as well asehe bigvest, by connecting it Wild Lhe pose a aad @stavlisoing @ uuliora rate of tweuty cents ior twenty words, Say, aleo, that her purpose of may bill is to give press dea- paccues to tue enure press of tue couatty at & less rate Uitu ow lurulsned to the favored few who compose Lie Close corporauou knowa a8 the Asso- clated Press. Mr. Perens, (rep.) of Me., asked Mr. Washbura Wheiher 1.3 proposition was to establish the veie- graph sysiem as cxvousively a8 the postal system Was DOW esiabiisuca, dir, Was dua repiled in the affirmative. Mr. PuTeas remarked Chat there were thirty or forty telegraph Ouives in Malne vast did not pay ex- On ses. n Mr. WASHBURN Said he would introduce a bil! to provide for tue @stublisoment of & telegraph onice at every post office in tao United States were the voss receipts amounted toa given sum, on which fic had hot yes delermined, He pelieved that this counuy, in consequence of long distances, Was much more /avurable to the successful adoption of the sysiem tan Belgium or Swivzerland. Mr. FPARNSWOUTH Wisked to know whether Mr. asuburn proposed thai the government saould bay the existing lines. i Mr. WasuuvBN replied that be did ‘propose that the governuient should purchase therm, Mr. FARNS WORTH—AC the appraued value? Mr. WasusoRn—Preoisely. Mr. OurH, (rep.) of Ind., addressed the commitiee on the questions pertaining to the public debt and ita permanent adjustment, national banks and cur- renoy, specie payments and the revision of the tariT and internal revenue—quostons, he said, which en- grossed pubic attention to @ greater degree at this time than at any previous period. ‘Tue taxes, he Said, should be 80 adjusted by wise and prudens jon that the burden wi be on tuo Jeborug PS legis! may the wentth of the country will mot re- cove undue exemptions, Snormous as was the national dept, the country had ability to pay it, and of its willingness there remained not @ doubt Repudianon found no countenance or support in any locality, but was spurned aad abhorred as an enemy of the country, ‘The frat step to be taken Was to enforce rigid economy in all branches of the public service, and to see that nota dollar of the puotic revenue is stolen or diverted from tis legiti- mate purpose. believed that the my sdouid be reduced from its present force of 35,000 men 0 20,000, and that the hel eat ol the Davy might also be much dimiatsiied. public lauds should be busbanded and made @ source of revenue and to secure homes for actual settiers. Ad to tho interest paid on the public debt he believed that the rate of six percent not only added airectly to the burdens of the people, but had @ most injurious effect upon business iutorests, by drawi to 1n- vestmeut in the public bonds capital which would otherwise be tavested in business, Congress should al Loe preseut session provide iegisiasion for funding snd consolidating tae public debt at mot over tour per cent interest, AS tO the padonal panks, be Tavored the removal of the present limit wo the amount of circulation aud capital, In other words, the incorporation With the present banking system of che prinerpies of free banking. This would alow withdrawal of the legal tender notes, and their re- urement would naturally and necessarily be foliowed by specie payments, a8 gold and silver wouid theo be (ue only legal tenders. As to the farills, he argued that taruf laws should be enacted for the sake of revenue, avd not for the sake of protection. The present tari’ needed tho- rough revision and @ very geveral reduction, while the free list should be very consideraoly enlarged. As to tniernal revenue, he thought thus that was suscepilbie of stil iurther reduction, and that the duties should be contined to spirits, fermented liquors, Lobacco, sales, gross receipts, banking aud slalaps On conveyances, Such & policy as be advo- cated Would stimulate agricuivure, trade and com- merce, buiid up Auierican towns and cities, con- struct railroads and other works of intcroal improve- ment, aud ena the people, under the providence of God, to euler upon & career of unexampled pros- rity. 2 Mr. LoucHripas, (rep.) of Iowa, next addressed the Commaitiee, urging (he necessity of econunsy in all branches of the public service agd Indicating how very exteusively and properly the preseat expeudi- tures of the governmeus can be diminished, Mr. ELpEIvex, (dem,) of Wis., reierring to the remarks ol Mr. Dawes this moraing, said he had been very much refreshed by them. He litue ex- pecied yesterday When ho predicted the next ad- vance of the House of Representatives would be made upon tie Senate of the United states that that prediction Would be 80 soon verified, but when le saw toe gentleman from Massacnusetts 80 suddenly coming to te resoue he had Lopes tuat the States of the Uuton were not eutirey to be ignored, Wien the reconstruction measures were imtroduved by the republican party he felt po doubt that ihe day would come, aud cvine soon, Wien those who were most ardent in tucir advocacy of tho destruction of the States and of the rights of States would be heard to pray just as the gentieman from Massachusetts had veen heard to pray to-day. ie hoped that now the gen- tieman from Massachusetts bad taxen tuat position, the gentlemen on the over side, notwlibstanding tue ruin waich they hud brought on the counwy, would reconsider the course wiich they had pur- sued and come Luck to Lhe positiva occupied by the jabuers of We republic. The Union depended ior its iife on tue maintenance of the rights of states, The Union had ugen upilfted aad was upheld by te 23. it had no eXisteace eptin tue life of ine and when the States were yee wat the — gentleman, this would staad with on the democraic side of the House an defence af tie rights of the States. He knew that the pili was & Uiiter one, but it bad to He bad known, a8 Well as he knew any Tact from logical coaciusions, and had so predicted erday, thal the time Was coming when the New 8 would be on their knees Lexging rights of the States secured by tae 1 be muintaiged. must f He hoped line forward, desu from titose thi cunstitution sa0u Mr. HOA, (rep.) Of Mass., asked what there was the origins im tue history of the New Englaad States that war- Yauted the supposiciou that taoy would be oa their lag for their righis? JLDRIDGR replied that it was becanse New 1 bad been soremosé of ali those who nad atieipted (0 Tov the people ol the Suuthera States of the rights of States. Mr. Dawes, m reply to Mr. Eldridge, said that in no matter would bo (Mr. Dawes) be found more scrupulous than in regard to the rights of States; but he begged the gentieuxin irom Wisconsin to ake tue distiuction—the failure lo make winch by hia party oad tavolyed the country im tue desi war betwoon Sta‘e righls and Stace sovereignty. ‘Laere Jougress, under waicd he nad cast his voue yesterday. ‘ial obugation was that the United Staves goverdimeut sould maintain in tuo State of Wiscoasia and in the State of Massa chugetts, no less than in tae State of Georgia, if the ovcasion should arise, wi forua of governmeut, It was not a power, he admiied, wuich should ve exercised without due care; but ib Was @& power as Cigar aod as incumbent on the United States as any other power existtag in the goverament, It Was a question of jact waether the Occasion existed for cue exercise of it in relation to Georgia or Would ever eXisb in relation to Wiscousin or Mussachusetis. Bul Congress, on which te obligation rested tbe exercise of that power, was to judge of the occaston. For his owa part be believed yesterday tat Lue oc casion existed lor the exercise of that power in re- lation Lo Georg a, and the vote which he had given resced solely Ga thac power tn tne constituiuon. Some further colioyay took piace between Messra, Eldridge aud Dayiles, out it emoraced a mere repete ton of the Views expressed in tus foregolag. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.), Of Cal, addressed 100 Co! Mitive on the suvject of Mining aud mining laws in California, and on the policy of witgoiding public besghs (hat diate from pr.vate entry by specula- ors. Air, KERR, (dem.) of Ind., submitted some remarks On the necessity of Increasing the numuer of we federal courts 1a Indiana. Mr. UAWBENCE, (rep.) of Ohto, submitted some re- marks in support of is bill requiring pension ageuts to Wake OUL pension papers without fees or charges to pensioners, He said Liat tt now Co#t tue govera- Ment AnnUAlly $465,500 to pay pensions and audit accounts, ANd tac 214,000 pensioners HOW on ihe Tolls patd Out of these pensions for fees aud charges $274,000. ‘They suouid be relieved of all Us, sua be paidin the county of their residence. The whole Guat Lo tue goverament ougut nui Lo exceed $10,000, In vehail of the solders aud the people he would ali proper occasions urge these rejorms in toe 1 BILLS INTRODUCED, The committee rose and tue following bills were introduced and referved:— ° By dir. STEVENSON—I'o amend the internal reve- nue laws by repealing the clause allowing street raliroad companies to add the goverament tax to fares of passengers. Also to avd the same law by repealing vie clause allowing gas companies to aud tae government tax to tne contract price of gas furnished to customers. By Mr. Wasusvun, of Wis.—To grant certain islands to the State of Wisconsin aa swamp laads, by Mr, MoCoRMicK, (rep.) of Arizona—Authoriz- ing the construction of 4 Wagon road in Arizona, The House btueu, at haif-past four o'clock, ad- jJourned uata the loth of Jauuary. A WAIF FROM THE ORIENT. «“ How javistian” Zroated en Ottoman Beauty. a A Turkish Lady Deceived, Abandoned and Imprisoned in tho “City of Churches” — She is Discharged on Habeas Corpus—A Shameful Outrage. On the application of Mr. David B. Phillips a writ of babeas corpus was granted yesterday by Judge Troy, of Brookiyn, in the case of Migs Heutus Harootania, who had been sent w the Peni- tentiary for the term of two montus by Justice Lynch on & charge of malicious*trespass. The lady, who is @ native of Turkey, finely educated and highly accomplished,’ 13 about twenty-five years of age and very prepoasesing, was brought Into the Vourt of Sessions yesterday, when Mr. A, Bedros- sina, Who appeared on behaif of Mr, C. Oscanyai the Turkish Consul, acted as interpreter for the lady and stated her case to the Court, From her story i would appear that sie was the victim of the most despicavle outrage. A year or 80 ago sue says & man named c. Hi, Christian, & confectioner on Fulton avenue, formed her acquaintance in Turkey end tnduced her to elope with hin to this country, Sue bad consideravie mouey at this ime, amountin to something like £400 stering, and on His promising vo make her bis wile as #000 o9 they reached this country she gave her money to him, eloped from her home and followed bim to America. On reaching fiis country Curistian established the confevtionery siore with the money he had obtained from her, but refused to marry her, and recentiy when sbe asked him for some mouey he acted very violeatly toward hor, On the Sth inst. ho had her arrested, taken before Justice Lyneb and sent to the jail in Rayarond street for ten days. On the day of ber release snc again returned to the house of ber betrayer and rang the door bell, Christian appeared at the door, she says, and ordered her away. Maving no home and not kuowing where to go, she refused to leave the house, and he again caused her arrest. On wns oc- casion hé mad®@ Aa charge of trespass, and at hia solicitation the Justice sentenced her to imprisonment in the Kings County Peniientiary, at Fiatousn, for the term of two montis, The atten- tron of the ‘Turkish Consul was called to the case, aad, through blu, the unfortunate woman was itberated from prison, Juage Troy looked upon her fase a8 one deserving & great of sympatny, and called the attention of We Datrict Attorney to It as one which It Would be just and proper to submit to toe Grand Jury. He said be had In several instances been compelied to release partes sent to prison by justices wel bd Proper complainia bad been Hel leds wieder oe ay 6 Gran te was prowptly discharged. sud ROME. Tho Italian Situation Outside the Council. Organization of the Hierarchical Assem- blage—Its Parties, Policy and Strug- gling Democracy—Austrian Di- plomacy and a “Reception” at the Ministry. By mail from Europe we have the following spe- cial correspondence trom Rome, dated on the 4th and Sth of December, tlustrativeof the social situa- ation which exists in Italy outside the Holy City, and descriptive of the initiatory ceremonials tor the organization of the Ecumenical Counoll, The com- munications are in coptiouation of the chain of our special narrative from the Eternal Uity, commenced immediately after the first arrival of the prelates. They are of a very interesting character, noting the state of parties and the incipient murmurings of de- mocracy at the Vatican. The American diocese of Buffalo has, as will be seen, & double-headed dele- gation in Rome in the persons of its Catholic and Protestant bishops. aldo tho Council—“‘Looking After’ the Spe- cio and Jewele—Swenaring the Bishopy— Papal Infaliibility, Its Advocates and Oppo- uents—Attitude of the Moxican Bishope— Democracy Making Way—Au Awerican Protestant Prelate. Rows, Dec, 5, 1869. One of those incidents which cause over nervous visitors some anxiety, and witch is peculiarly Itatian, took place recently, afew mules outside of the Porta Pia, A party of genvlemen started on a hunting ex- pedition early in the morning—three A, M.—and when about five miles from Rome were commanded “to halt, to, stand @nd hand over” their goid, bank notes, watches, rings, &c. Signor Sinim- vergli, a jolly vender of tea, pepper, mustard and sugar, aud whose shop 1s contiguous to the Pan- theon, couldn’t see it, and made tracks for Rome. His fast steed travoiled fast, but the bullet of the brigand wavelled faster; tue ball struck him a little below the right scapula. He saved his scudl, but lost a good deai of blood. When he ar- rived at the Porta Pia he almost fainted, but being a wan of strong constitution he has not suifered much, At present he is condined to his house, but is not in any danger, The companions of Signor Sinimbergll have been robbed of everything and the gendarmes are not in high esteem just now. This little incident has caused no smali amount of excitement, but the authorities have taken measures that no such daring faci shall take place again, But who are the highwaymen? This question has been discussed and the ragged Pivercri ave credited with the outrage, This class of minstrels are at present making Rowe melodious, ff a pipe and a sheepskin fusmioned like a Scotch bag- pipe can do so, But long before fashionabie Rome has washed its face or teft 13 cosey pillow these musical monsters blow away, and, Ieayen knows, they make noise enough to wake up the drcwsilest of forestieri or Roman. Every petty village in tho Staves of the Church has sent im its musician; some bow @ pipe, others the Seoich bagpipes, and the major part the hurdy-gurdy. A wag has stated that thgy have come to greet the opening of the Council, ‘they do greet English and Awericaus agatust their will; but there are many Luings dere that one must endure, and vhe inusic aloresald is not the least, ‘That they svrenade vy Gay and rod by night 18 gen- erally believed, ab iéust Lhe poor feiiows have te credil lor rovbiag the Conipauious of the at grocer hear the Paniheus, aud wounding that excelieut genueman auu citizen of givrious, odorous Rgme. ‘The .d of Decemver all tne patriarcis, arcu®lshops Ana Lishops usscluviVd at ao eariy hour in the Vati- can aad tovk au vai in the presence of the Pope Uat they shail now divuige, &¢., auy of the secrets of ihe Council. On the dd lust, all tue stenographers didyshe: wame in the presence of thei respective ¥ fue discussion that the late pastoral of Mshop Dupanioup caused bas not exuctly terminated. Lhe Jesuita are very reticent and careful about saylug anything about tie matier, as lucy Know Mon- segueur Dupauloup is a warm friend of tie Pope aud ine abiest bisuvp in France or in Europe, But French bishops are Lot, as a Ciuss, very Irienuiy with diahan or Lngusit Oued, Poe former—the ltaleus—are in favor of tue personal laiallibiiity dogma as a per- sonal compliinens to Mus iX.: We ablest of the later, Archbisuop Manning, 1s nol oniy iu favor of it, but as Writen @ palmpaiet in support of his views and 18 using bis intuence wita his brother bishops from Sngiand, but there are few of taem incined to Oppose the dogma, Tue Germans don’t look at the luatter ag the French nor as the Engiishdo, They think that at present 1t 1s very 1nopportune to pre- sent any Such question; their solid common sense will have great Weigut in tue Council; they love the Church aud its Pousil better than tie French snd @8 much as the most zealous of English ultramon- Vanes, but they Lave @ great and learned people to please, and tt is too laie in the uineveenth century to introduce dogmas thai are really of no use to morals reiigion, bat Solely as personal com- iments to & man, and the work of tie Jesuits Who desiro to keep, as they are, at we head of the affairs of Kome aud on the right side of tue author of the Immacuiate Concepuion dogma. ‘Toe German hierarchy have anovuer cause uf com- Pplaint, ond one tias Will eventually cause ircubie af there be any semblance of dictation, When tue Augsburg Gazeve made ihe startling announcement thas tuere were many otuer quesiuons to be pre- seuted im the Council that were not communicated tw them they felis araily surprised, You know that when the Pope sent the invitation to tho bishops to come to Rome he enclosed to each one some questions wiich le stated would be presented io the Council, aad admonished lus venerable brothers to study the same; put he did not hint @ word avout other subjects, and was silent on the personal tualiioilty the question Oi a free Courcu io @ iree Siae, Tue other ques uons were submitted to commissions tuat were manipulated by the Jesuiis, The whole was arranged ag secretly a8 possible, but some Oue Coinmunicated the above facts to ie Aadgsourg Gazewe, and We Germans were not pleased; tue Preach came out against the persoual tafullibility; the Jesuits oave been cueckinated, have aduuitted they bave been be- trayed. The excitement caused by the aunounce- ment in the Gageve has been Of the most important natore; but the wary irenda of the question tat has caused 50 much excitement are too shrewd not to appear Induferent to the opinions of any one; they know weil how to create an excitement; wuey are adepts in getting out of dilemmas, put tio present mapect Of the great question that every member of the order has at heart is bot Very promising. ‘fhe bishops [rom Mexico are down on the mem- bers of the society of Jesus. Whea the Council con- venes they wil ask tuat tue education of the youth of Mexico bo taken out of their oands and that tho regular clergy and (riars be subject to and entirely de- pendent on (he bishop Of the diocese. Tuis willopen a lively debate. because there are mauy other bish- ops who disike to bave mitred avbots and neads of orders dividing the honors of the diocese. Many of the bishops aislike to ininate any such reforms, Dus if such a question once comes before the Council there will be wany 1m favor ol it that, at present, are Bimost indifferent to tt. here 13 @ trifle of democracy cropping out once nd awhile among tae fasuers. One of them tndix: Nantly remarked the other day tuat bishops of uh Church are not treated as they siouid ve; thas they have to go and bow before and dance attend- ance upon carainais wno have no sees, not even a parish church, aad Who are nothing bul mere local Juncuionaries; while venerable men who have dlo- ceses larger thau Rome and all the Btates of the Church put together, after long journeys by sea and land, fatigued and jaded, are nardiy taken notice of, Bishops, it is true, are not of much account in Rome and very fow like to come here. ‘They are as plenty Just now upon tie Corso as suoulder straps Were In Pennsylvania avenue during tne American war. Men who are honored by the nest of their feilow citi- zeus, irrespective of creed, at home, don't like to be treaved as nobodies in Rome; but the discipline of the Church is so complete they muss bear it as pailosophically as they cau. Bishop Coxe, of Baffalo, is here, It would bea Joke U he sent in bis claim for @ seat in the Council, A Double Episcopnl Delegation from Buffalo— Right Rev. Dr. Coxe and His Stndies—An Austrian Diplomatic Reception—The Dress Question and ‘Swallow Tailed” Coute— Presenting Credontinis and How They Wero Carried—The Council Hall Guard, Rous, Deo. 4, 1869, It ts not often that the Eternal City can boast of having two bishops of Buffalo at the same time within her venerable walls, Butsach 1 ihe case at the present moment, as Monsignor Ryan, the Catholic bisnop of the diocese, has arrived to take his seat at the Ecumenical Council, and the Rey. Cleveland Coxe, Protestant Episcopalian bishop of Buffalo, has beon here since Sunday, reviving his reco!leo- tions of Rome, before proceeding to Paris on his way home. The Pope's exbortation to rrotesiants to consider the error of their ways and return to the “tae Church’ on the occasion of the Council, hag excited some rejoindera from Protestent viduals o@ well es communities, Among the former the 1 of the Rey. Dr. Coxo to Pius IX. ts one of tho most remarkabie, and I have already in- formed your readers of the severe terms in which 1 bas been criticised by the Civilia Catiouca and the Correspondance de Roms, Bishop Ryan will, of course, be presented to his Holiness, together with his colleagues of the Council, but it ta superfiuous to observe thas Bishop Coxe will, of course, not be presented, In faci, he ts to leave Rome to-morrow for Marseilles, after a stay of only three clear days in the city, being anxious to resume his dutics at home 88 Soon a8 possibie. Mr, came from Naples, where he left nis family; he dined with Air, Hooker on Monday, aud nas devoted his mornings to visit- ing the mom interesting churches ip the city and to siudying the evideuces of early Christianity in tho catacombs, such observations betog of great value to & Writer 60 Versed in ecclesiastical Listory as le 13. The Austrian Ambassador's restrictive reguiauions with respect to the costume to be worn by geutic- wen aitendiag bis public reception prevenied mauy Alericau traveuers Dow in Rowe from enjoying the brillant spectacle which the Palazzo di Venezia offered on the occasion; vut they did not deter some peneamen, irom pasting. tlie question to the test at 6 entrance, aud | am bappy vo say that no visitors, even in plain eveniug diess, were refused admit- tance. It is now clearly slated by the members of the Austrian Legation that there was no intention on the part of his Excellency to derogate from tho old traditional splendors of public receptions, with polnce gates open to all comers, but merely & wish avoid the eppearance in his rooms of couriers and laquais place, in biack coats and white ties, as bappened last winter at the French Embassy, at the Marquis de Benue- vilie’s. public reception. Every application for exceptional , erTnaRons to appear io -plain areas was immediately granted. Ar. Hooker, late Secretary of the United States Legation, procured speviai Invitations for American geatiemen aud ladies wishing to be present, aud the Britign Consui convoyed, by the bassudor’s authorization, & jong string of carriages contaming visivors who bad no uulforins with them or uever wore any, and had no wish to assume an Elizabethan costume and rapler to do honor to Count Trautmansdorit, Thea the whole corps of German sriisis were speciaily! luvited by the Ambassador, aod taey certainiy would have been abie to get up dresses picturesque enough for the festival; but they were admitied ia plain py aps Alter ail, there Was no 1ack of cus- tuwes in the gorgeous suit of apariments opened on the occasion, Jor vesides the usual eccicsistical, diplomatic and military uniiorms furnished by the upper circies in Rome, there were overwhelming nambers of bishops from all parts of the worid, wearlug garments of all kinds of culs aud colors and speaking a@ variety of iauguages that Would have delighted that great polygiot professor, Cardimal Mezzojanti, lhope your readers will not tmagine that! am weiling too jong upon wilies, Such tiles become allairs of state in home, and people who Ccoule io see all Han os are seriously agitated ut tue pros- pect of belyg excluded trom any grand speciacie, 50 that “Hoo nugw in seria ducunt mala.” To give some idea of the pomp stil maintained here vy the representatives of the great Cathous Powers—Prance, Spaiu and Austvia—on pubile occu- sions it will suilice to describe the train with Which Count Trautmausdorit proceeded io we Vaticau to present bis credentials on the moroing of tie Zou in pubilc form, aaving already presentcd tiem in private form, be it observed, exactly @ year ago. first came & detachment of dragoons, then, in gaudy liveries, the servants Of tue Ambassador's suile, OD foot, foliowed by the Ambassadors own servants, also On ioo!, Carrying his ouicial Cushions and umbrella, In the irst carriage was the coun. selior of Legution aud au atiacne, with Ube credea- Wal jeilers Trou his Apostolic Majesty Of Ausiria, in the second the Aimbassador, With Monsigaor Nardi, Audiior Of the Rota ‘triounat for Ausuia, situng Opposite lim; two chasseurs and the deun of tie servanis walked by whe carriage doors, In the turd carriage came turee counsellors of the Lega. tion, Counts Biome, Kevertera and Zaluski, Jn the fourth two chamberlains and oue sectetary of the Embassy; in the with three counls aid one baron, altachés to tuc buibassy; In ihe Sixta the noble oilicers of the aniecvatuver; in the seventa aad eighth the oflvgrs of the Ambassador's house- mold. All these carriages Were escoried by dra- goons, Five ecciesiasiical equipages foliowed— those of the Austrian Cardiual Scuwartaenberg, De silvestris, Rauscier aud Hobeniove, aud dion. sighor Nardi. Auoser aeluciument of dragoons closed the pageant. Ui the corulality of reiations existing between the Courts of Kome and Vicnua were in propor fou to the spleador of tiese diplomatic tictions his! Holiness would probably have received Count Iraut- dmansdord more cordially than he did. ‘The service of hunor organized vy the Order of Maita jor mounting guard in tue Ecumenical Council Hall uring the wuole period of 113 sessiuu consists of the following personnei:—Your Kaigats from the Priory of Bohemia, two from that of Venice, two tue Priory of Rome, two from that of Napios, two irom Westpaaiia aad two from Silesia. ‘Lhere will be also about ten Kuights habituaily resident in the palatial convent of the Order in Rome aada few devowoual kuigits irom various parts of urope. “SINE DIE. The Council of Female Utopinns in Ses- sion—Their Future Meetings to be Held in Utopia—Pathos Too Deep for Words, and Therefore Inexpressible. Some eighteen or twenty of the forlorn and faithful even unto death met yesterday afternoon in Packard's buliding. Mrs. Wilbur caiied the meeting to order with the remark that they had not expected to meet tail, and shouid transact no business, which assur- ance was altogether superfiuous—the association having never transacted any bisiness except talk- ing. The orators and oratressea of the occasion looked crestfalien and hung their heads as if some- thing fearful had happened, the said personages having been engaged for a whole week 1n altogether useless rumination. Murmurs of discontent, loud and proionged, went up from all parts of the room, or rather from all parts where anybody was seated. “I can’t stand this,” sighed one. ‘Talk, why taik 1g the last solace of a broken Leart,” moaned a sec- ond, “Ob, my lost lecture |’ shrieked @ third, and “What is the world coming to?’ questioned a fourth—a query to which the empty desks, once oc- cupied by the faithiui, responded, or seemed to re- spona, “Not to the meetingswf the Suffrage Associa- tion, certainly.” The grave Madame President, or Vice President—- for Madame President (she of the gray and giorions frizzie) was not present—stened with a pathetic expression of counteuance, wich Was almost tears in and of itself. “Sisters,” she murmured at length, in softest ac- cents, “ict the lovers of suffrage join the Oneida Community; for, bevioid. have they not lately en- dorsed its peculiar principles #” Then, “I have @ husband,” and “I have a bus. band,” and “I have a busvand, too,” was buzzed from lips unused to Kpeak respectfully of husbands, “and he might gel adivorce, you know, and tle walls of Baiaclutha would be leit desolate “Let him get a divorce,’ bristied the sauciest of the faithful. ‘Can't (smile upon the judge and get @ decree for aliaiony?”’ i hain’t cot oo husband and don't want none," grimly interposed the vestai of the association. *Husbanas is nuisances; I want a figut” and, with @n exhidiiion of far more aptitude for pugiiem thau correct English, which hes beea voted altogether superduous by special resolution, Ute vesta: cook aa atuitnde unquestionably menacing. “iiusbands is good for notning but to pay bills, and i wever per its any bilis to be presenied, f fights om oi." ‘he vestal reiapsea into an attitude of musing pon- sivevoss, having been sairiy deivored of toe preved- Ipg oration; but still discoutent reigned rampant ‘The fair president looked sad, Dot 10 Say Vexed, at the pugnacious remarks of the belligerent vestal, who taiks no more, bot ights, and, order having been restored, the resolution manu/acturer venturea to begin the drawing of a resolution voting and de- creeiug and directing that the members of the asao- Clation svouid join toe Oneida Community in a body. “ive got ® husband,’ objected one. “1 wanta husband,” objected anower, “and i'm not going vo have one of er!) “ah, shameless creature,’ cried out the ancient and pugnacious vestal of the association. “An, shameless creetur’, after all I’ve taugit ye, to speak Fight out tn meeting in this way, [ tell ye, thavs no way to get one; i've tried and I Know; and agai the vestal compressed her lips ant looked the im- rsonation of a Jupiter in petticoata, Presently, owe’ ao expression of beniguity crept over ber iron fe aud hor \ips moved ecstateutiy, The few who were Lear chongn might have heard her murmur, “Pil try @ new dodge-—@ brillant idear; why haven’tl thought of it all these years? Wi, aeons yet, without goin’ to the Unvidas after nim.' As the venerable spinsier murmured “all these years,” an,expression of unuvierabie patnos and patience suffused her aged countenauce f the recollections of otuer and sweeter days had sud- deuly come over her, Sie gazed Oreamily at va- cancy, and sighed, “Ail these years—ail inese years uamarried |!” ‘The most incorrigible of aged celibates had he seon her wen, with uit the fight gone outof her, would have pitied her foriornoess, even to matr) mony, and proposed on the apoi. ‘There was a aihetic fascination about it that would have proved jangerous had there been # single eligibie old gen- an present. The sterniy-set jaws relaxed, the Tigidness begotien of long vostal sbdiitude, and tne stern Napoleon of sndrage 10040 dangerously amiu- bie with the dreamy, but, ao, how faliacious, auti- clpation of poasvilines, 0 fair resolution wanifacturer had, in the mean- time, the resolution, The substance was that, whereas the members of the association be- poate 2 fa bove Tight of overy citizen, mais and femal. femal wo be &® mati hd panies, we si mysrods i bad Toved by tue tho wi Was nod yor edu- cated up to the standard of matrimonial repeating; therefore, Resolved, That the mombers of the Suffrago Aaso- ciation secede from the world t a body, aud jola themselves unto the Unelda community, In conned on with whicn this aacred right of the citizon is respected and provided for, ut alas for the fate of resolutions! Tho spittt truly was willing, but the ean was weak, or elso the flesh was willing bus tie spirib weak, Whica- ever may have been the case Wo resolution Wis received by tne few who had husbands with nigses, jo the midst of which a motion to adjourn sine ie Was put aud passed, with the proviso that those who wished to join the Oneiders should have the privilege of dolug $0 Without forteiting te respec’ of the association; and no more wiil the halt «& Packard's building resound with the declamation of the stylish Mrs. Wilbor, or the modest sug gestions of Dr. Litput or the oraculur evolutions of Packer Pulbox, or the Boauer- gian eloquence of Mrs. Stanton, or the “Gel up a fight, piease,’’ of the iron-visaged vestal. ‘The oc cupation of the pretty creature, whose business 18 was to manufacture stunping resointions is gone, like Othelio’s; and no doubt in afew days the Oueida community wili have ap opportuulty to aad ww ita ‘accessions. ‘The poor Suffrage Association is no more—is to be merged, 1618 stated, Into @ grand county suffrage assoctauion, an organizauon of which is to b@ eifected in & couple of Weeks, ANNEXATION OF ST. DOMINGO, Eappy Finale to Quiet Diplomacy. age Southward the Course of Hmpire Takes Its Way. It will hardly be tn time for Christmas, but it cere tainly ts the intention of General Grant not to let New Year's Day pass wilhoutjmaking the Aniorican people a munifivent present. The skill, secrecy aod calmness with wiich the annexation of St. Domingo has been accomplished must certulnly stand out ag one of the remarkable feats of General Grant's ad. mmistration, and the auxicly to have tue papers eigned, scaled, delivered and ready w hand over, along with the property, to Uncle Sam on the first of the year 1870 skowa that the present Cabinet can appreciate the filnead of things and the force and vatne of a timely so: tion, The HERALD let the American people first know of the arrival in this harbor from St. Domingo of the [United States steamer Albany, with three commissioners on board—Geuerais Ingalls, Babcock and Sackeit—with tne tease of the Bay of Samana to this government for a period of fifty years. Through the same agency i is now able to announce the still moro important uews of the arrival in Washington of a duplicate copy of A treaty of annexation with the Dominican republic. A prominont oMicer of the expediuon which las re- cenuy returned from Samana bay informed the reporter of the HEKALD yesterday ovening that tho facts in reference to the negottation for the rental of Samana by this government as appeared in this paper were strictly correct. ‘But,’ said he, ‘416 puzzled the three of us to tell where you came by the news, for the subject was kept entirely aloof from tho oficers of the Albuny, You made one siigat om: on, however," continued the speaker, with a significantly facetious siniic; “the negotiation for Samana bay did not orizinate with Presiaeut Grant's Cabinet, but was a pending transaction of Secrevary Seward which weeded a formal winding up, aud accordingly was wound up in tle Mauner you Lave stated.” “Well, what might the slight omission be to which you ailude ?)? inquired the reporter, “Impiy that the business of the three commis- sione rs was in regard to the annexauon of the Do- minican repudlic,” was the reply, “and the Bay of Samana was a mere formality of a words of sapere ~ Yogation, 1a view of the fact that the country to belongs matter tho wuieh tg for. The ginal draft of i was what we wore 1l0o0k- is now settled. The ori- treaty is in the hauds of President Baez, and a duplicate copy has been turnished President Grunt by Generar Habeock, one of the three commiss.ooers. ‘The cor- respondence immediately pending and connected with the scheme of aunexatioa was carried on tn the name of the United States Consul, Mr. Per fits name 18 attached to the treaty, ‘The three oMicers sent by President Grant were not commisvoners as toey have been called. General Babcock acted as an ageat of ins governmens, and the two ollicers who accompanied him were wtue more tian witnesses of what was done, Holding military positions, they bad no authority to negotiate with the Dominican governinent, and tnetr names are noc attached to any documents involving the trans: tion of annexation, Mr. Verry’s name, as yon will see when the President sends the correspondence to Congress, Ngares on our side almost enurely, The treaty awalis the ratification of the Dominican Some, ate, which is overwhelmingly in favor of anne a- ‘The next trip of the Tybee ateamer from the West Indies have no doubt will bring the native commissioners from St. Vomingao with the ratified treaty. {n the meantime. of course, our Senave at Wastnyton can ratify tue treaty brought by General Babcock, and thus, you see, we can have virtual annexation accomplished beiors New Year's. ‘The treaty provides that the United States government shall extinguish the public debt of St. Domingo, aud the payment of the Samana contract, entered into by Secretary Seward, shali be in part appited to this purpose.” . The gentieiman who furnianed this tnformation Was present in an oficial capacity at every inter. view between tue bowunican authorities and th United States Commissioners, read the drat of te tweaty, beard the assurance on every haad o! the ungualided desire on the part of the Dominicans to become a part of the Untied States, and fee's more than delighted at the splendid success which hus atteaded the undertaking which commenced with the voyage of the Albany froin here and ends wita the extension of tne nation’s jimtt; HAYTI. Salnave and iiis CauseHe is Adviaed to Kvacnate Port au Prince—Tho City to Bo Attached, Kinaston, Ja., Nov. 30, 1869, By a recent arrival here information has been re- ceived to the effect that General Silla nad an. nounced to Salnave the hopelessness of his couse, end advised him to evacuate Port au Prince, stating that incase of bis refusal he (S1Ma), having joiped the revolutionists, Would march agaloss lim wib the waltea forces at bis command. Salnave paving declined this proposal Sima had jomed with Cheval ier to abtaek Port aa Prine A SINGULAR @AS A Woman Killed by Falling Down Staira~ investigation by Covouer Viyan. Coroncr Flyen was jesterday called to the tens ment house, No, 0$ Chariton street, to investigate vue cause of death of one of the mmates named Maria White, concerning which there seemed to be mach suspicion, Margaret Hunt, velog in the house, testiied that on Monday Jast deceased went toa funeral, and on returning at night bad some friends call on her. Airs, White and her guests appeared to be drmuk and #0 Much noise Was made Wat apo.ogied wWeretur to the land The friends ies avout midnimht, soon after which Mra. Hunt lieard a noise as of some one tu! down giairs; ten minutes iuter some person into the eotry, and, iwuuog a match, leit immedi ately; but the son of the witness, in coming home, stumbled over the body uf deceused in the haliway ai tie foot of tue staira; her feet were towards tho scales, and some one bad piaced a svawi under ber iead, an examination whica followed showed Uist the woinan Was quite dead, and the police were then sent for, Dr, Sine mado @ post mortem examination on the body aud found blood owing [rom the right ear. A iracture of the occipital bous waa found, extending frow Wie external Occipital protuberance inva we petrous portion of the Wwuipural bone, ight side, veath resulted frou fracture of the skull. ‘ihe Corouer did not conclude the case, but adjourned tt for seve ral days to give the friends of deceased an opper tunity to procure other w.tnossea, if tuey can do su, (nere seems to ve no doubt, however, that the death of Mrs. White was the result of an accidental fall Deceased was twenty six years of age aud a native Of ireland. | Her husbad is an engineer on one of the New Orleans sceaiwers, witch sailed from tiie port on Saturday iast. The persons who placed & shaw! under tie lead of deceased alter sue fel: down Siairs are supposed to be some of her jemale irlends who entered the hallway tna few moments alter the occurrence. THE ADMISSION OF VINGW.A, BASIVILLE, Va., Doo, 18, 186%, To (18 Kovron or THe Hanasy in your paper of the Isth of December, [869, you stated that Judge Riley, with a delegation of gentie- men from Virginia, arrived in Washington (he night before to WOrk agalost the admission of their State at present. There is not one word of truth in the acatement. I went to Washington for no such pur- pose, 1umin favor ot the admission of tne State, voted for it And advocated th before the people joug before the CousiLutioa Was either framod or eub- vottted 0 ihe peopie tor ratiileation or rejection Picase Make tho cortgction m your next paper. ' WIBLIAM G. IhLBY.